The post of director general of the National Art History Institute (INHA), vacant since July 24, 2025, was (quickly) provided by the appointment of Anne-Solland (43). Jointly appointed by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research and the Ministry of Culture, it took office on September 1, 2025.
Former student of the École normale supérieure, where she studied Germanic languages and literatures, and of the National Institute of Heritage, she is conservative of heritage. Her career began in 2007 at the Quai Branly museum as a manager of the textile collections, before returning to it in 2022 as the Director of Heritage and Collections, a position she occupied so far.
She worked at the Ministry of Culture, first as a heritage advisor to the Cabinet of Frédéric Mitterrand in 2010, then as a head of the France Museums Service from 2019 to 2022. In the meantime, she was secretary general of the National Museum of Immigration History, then from 2013 to 2019, adviser to the president of the Louvre for territorial action.
The National Institute of Art History (INHA), created in 2001 and installed in Paris in the Hôtel de Rohan-Soubise, is a public establishment dedicated to the research and enhancement of the history of art and heritage. He supports researchers and students, coordinates national and international scientific programs and manages one of the most important art libraries in the world.
Anne-Solène Rolland succeeds Éric de Chassey, appointed head of the National School of Fine Arts in Paris. Standing from 2016 to 2025, he expanded the research axes to the origin of the works and in the extra-Western arts. He enriched the library with prestigious acquisitions and increased his attendance thanks to the Labrouste room. Under its mandate, the INHA has strengthened its digital distribution, multiplied partnerships and well installed the Festival of Art History in Fontainebleau.
